How to Use Subtitles to Learn a Language

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Chiagu: Sometimes I may turn on English subtitles, right, just like as a backup to rely the safety blankets you were talking about. And what I noticed is that our brain, yeah, it chooses the easiest way. So I start relying more on the text rather than listening to what actors are saying and it slows down. You shouldn't be ashamed of using subtitles is what I want to say here. We should use that as a tool deliberately.

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Is speaking fast English one of your dreams? While this may seem impossible to achieve sometimes, there’s a secret ability you need to master in order to make that happen: Connected speech. Learning (and using) connected speech in your English will make you sound confident, natural and, of course, faster when you speak! In today’s episode, we teach some of the most common connected speech patterns and how you can use them.

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